Two things I'd like to point out before I drop this annoying treacly subplot: A) Charlie's already been depicted as a much bigger Jesus freak than Rose (which, like I pointed out earlier, makes it odd that she needs to lead him to prayer, but whatever) so also giving the black woman a little faith hardly seems like proof the writers are getting all their characters from Stereotype Central; and B) one prayer does not a Jesus freak make. All right? People need to learn this, or the Republicans will win the next election too.
Shannon strolls over to Sayid's fire, so they can throw some smouldering looks at each other, and she can let him know that she recognized what Rousseau's notes were. But she can't just tell him that they're French lyrics. She has to tell this long boring story about this son of the French guy she knew or whatever (look, I long since checked out of this episode, sue me) had a kid named Laurent (or, as Shannon's French has it, Loh-raw) or something who watched "the cartoon about the fish, you know, one of the computer ones" over and over again, "like 900 times." Hmmm. If he watched it that often, you'd think she might have noticed the title, Finding Nemo. Anyway, it was dubbed in French, and the lyrics to the song at the end are what Rousseau scribbled, over and over and over again (is that last bit supposed to be news to Sayid? I don't think he'd have to be a French speaker to notice that the notes were repeated over and over again). He asks her what the song is. And I think he's looking for a title, but then she starts SINGING. And if the cast is to be believed (because entertainers never lie, of course), that's actually her singing. If that's the case, thank god she sings French much better than she speaks it. While she sings, Boone, God's Friggin' Gift To Humanity, stares (menacingly? jealously?) from the trees at her, Jack strolls around and looks at Kate, and Kate turns the toy plane over and over in her fingers, staring at it.
Then Shannon dances a little hoedown for a few seconds, and stomps off.













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